om(e)so-s

    om(e)so-s

    English meaning: shoulder

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schulter”

    Material: O.Ind. áṃsa- m. ‘shoulder”; Arm. us, gen. usoy ds.; lengthened grade Gk. ὠμός ds. from *ōmsos, compare ἐπ-ομμάδιος by Theokr.; Lat. umerus from *omesos ds., Umbr. uze, onse “in umero”; Goth. ams ds. (Gmc. *amsa-), O.Ice. áss “ ridge “; Toch. A es ‘shoulder” (*omso-), B üntse (*omeso-).

    References: WP. I 178, Pedersen Toch. 250; W. Schulze KZ. 63, 28, WH. II 815.